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Chapter 15--The Transfer

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I find that writing is a way that I can really express what I am feeling. It will be 1 year tomorrow.  You may find it odd that I am blogging on Clayton Mission Adventures. However, I feel the need to finish  Chapter 15--The Transfer So I can move forward.  Becoming a member of the elite group called "Widows" is the hardest thing I have ever done since I came to this earth. I have learned that my trials in life will be different than your trials. But whatever life throws our way is to help us most in our earthly progression. At some point in everyone's life, we will be given the opportunity to give up something that we really don't want to give up. If we can't change the circumstance, then we have two choices. We can resist it,  (we all know how that turns out--anger and  sadness and hopelessness,) or we can accept and embrace it--which leads to the beginning of peace and understanding, and eventually finding a new normal filled with joy and happiness.  Fir...
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Jacob 7:26 "...the time passed away with us and also our lives passed away like as it were unto us a dream..." 26 August 2019--Entering the MTC 18 Months later--February 2021 Hamilton New Zealand Mission Office The top picture has been my view for the past 18 months. I knew our time was done when the background picture on my computer changed.  Our replacements came 3 weeks ago. We have been training them and it's time for them to take over.   Lesson learned #1: The Lord doesn't call the qualified, he qualifies those he calls.  We had a desire to serve and the Lord needs people who are willing to serve. We know we are replaceable and we certainly are not perfect. But we feel peaceful about how we have served and what we have learned the last 18 months. So grateful we had the opportunity to serve in this capacity for a few seasons.    Dwight woke up from a dream he had the other night, and said, "I had the strangest dream. I was reading a book and was just fi...
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